Starpower plus a new spin make ‘Magnificent Seven’ a worthy entry
In Rose Creek, some years after the Civil war, poor farmers hire a gunslinging warrant officer to defend them against the mining kingpin who’s trying to run them off.
Next Sunday’s brunch crawl is “bacon” us crazy
Summer is heating up, with Downtown Chandler’s You’re Bacon Me Crazy Brunch Crawl promising some tasty fun from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday,...
Intense drama unfolds in ‘Gidion’s Knot’
Even though it’s set in a fifth grade classroom, Gidion’s Knot is decidedly not for fifth graders, or even 6th graders.
‘Orangemen’ peel a slice of inspiration from Blue Man Group
M.V. Moorhead
Photo by Billy Hardiman
Orange is the new Blue. At least it is at
Corona del Sol. The Percussion Ensemble
from the high school’s powerhouse music
department...
‘Hop’ may be silly but still provides plenty of flop-eared hijinks
Much of last month I spent in China, where the Year of the Rabbit is in full swing. Cute little bunnies were in evidence...
Yearly Palm Springs trek quite a treat for fanciers of film classics
The weekend of May 10th through the 13th, I had the pleasure to hang out in one of my favorite towns in the country,Palm...
Choir, drama students team up
Goodwill of Arizona and Marcos
de Niza High School’s Choir and
Drama Program have teamed up for
the second year in a row, providing an
opportunity to empty...
Hotshots’ heroism hits the big screen
Wildland firefighting is regarded, on the whole, as more strenuous and demanding than structure firefighting, and usually more dangerous. But it isn’t more cinematic.
Animated ‘Ralph’ one of genre’s 2012 bests
When your name is Wreck-It Ralph and you no longer want to wreck things—well, what you got there is an existential drama.
The title character...
Harvard-Yale match a ‘60s metaphor to 2014 politics
Review by M.V. Moorhead
So now we know—if
we care—that the
Seattle Seahawks
and the Denver Broncos
will face each other in
the Super Bowl on Feb.
2. I hope everybody
enjoys...